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Mrs. Columbo

CrimeMysteryComedy

Mrs. Kate Columbo, wife of the famous lieutenant, solves crimes as a reporter, while raising her little daughter.

Feb 26, 19792 seasons13 episodesEndedEN

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Kate Mulgrew

Kate Columbo/Kate Callahan

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Henry Jones

Josh Alden

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Don Stroud

Mike Varrick

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Seasons

Season 1

5 episodes

Premiered Feb 26, 1979

Season 2

8 episodes

Premiered Oct 18, 1979

Episodes

1–5 of 5

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Ep 1

Word Games

Feb 26, 1979

120m

Kate Mulgrew is Kate Columbo, wife of the rumpled police lieutenant and - in her own right - a mother, homemaker and reporter for a neighborhood throwaway. In this week's opener, she also demonstrates a knack for investigation after she overhears a neighbor plotting the murder of his wife.

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Ep 2

Murder Is a Parlor Game

Mar 1, 1979

60m

An apparent suicide is actually the handiwork of a retired Scotland Yard investigator who is teaching a course that Mrs. Columbo is taking.

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Ep 3

A Riddle for Puppets

Mar 15, 1979

60m

A puppet maker is murdered by a tormented ventriloquist who acted at the urging of his "evil" dummy.

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Ep 4

Caviar with Everything

Mar 22, 1979

60m

Two women own a catering firm. Both love the same man. To one, the solution is obvious: murder.

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Ep 5

A Puzzle for Prophets

Mar 29, 1979

60m

A famous psychic engineers the murder of her business partner and appears to have an airtight alibi - she was demonstrating her "powers" to Mrs. Columbo at the time of death.